Intensive Therapy Course for Adult Stutterers

Ann Marie Simon and the AM06 Team

Speech therapy courses for adult stutterers have been held in Charente, France. This presentation focuses on the importance of the group as a therapeutic tool and describes: (1) Rationale and value of group-settings and group-dynamics, (2) Counsellor of therapists, (3) Participant selection, course implementation and group setting-up, (4) Content of speech, language and communication activities (especially social skills and identity re-appropriation), (5) Experiences sharing, exploring attitudes, feelings and reactions, (6) Patient benefits derived from the setting, the difficulties encountered and how we cope, (7) The assessment results from the stutterer‘s standpoint (N=80) after the course demonstrate long term changes.